Noctua and Coolink are sharing a booth once again. Both have new products and prototypes on display. Starting with Noctua, the have various upcoming coolers and fans. The first is the NF-S12B, which will replace the current NF-S12. It features a redesigned blade, which translates into more airflow and pressure at the same noiselevel. The retail version will come with the normal brown fan blades unlike the black of the prototype. The "Sandwich" prototype cooler can hold a 120 mm fan inbetween two arrays of fins, which draw the heat away from 6 mm heatpipes. It is not quite finished yet and the company is working on something special for this cooler, but is tight lipped about any details, to protect itself from "copy cats". Noctua is also working on a new mounting system for their coolers. It will be compatible with any of their units all the way back to 2005 and will be offered as a free or very low cost upgrade to those with the old system.

But wait, there is more!

They are working on dual Xeon coolers, which fit when dual sockets are used. These are made for 3U or 4U enclosures. The picture above shows the NH-U9DX, while the heatsink of the NH-U12DX is in the back. This one can use a 120 mm fan instead of the 92 mm one.

Coolink is showing off their new Graphic card cooler, which will be capable of cooling the upcoming ATI and NVIDIA graphic cards. It utilizes two 120 mm fans and will take up 3 PCI slots. The second new release is their chillaramic thermalpaste. It features a very good price/performance ratio and one syringe holds 10g.

Im curious seeing as Xigmatek is the only one rolling with Direct Heatpipe touching technology if its really worth it. According to what Darksaber said, all the money Noctua poors into R&D and HDT isnt as huge a difference as I thought?